11 mai 2021
A wucai 'floral' jar, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722)
Lot 3634. A wucai 'floral' jar, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 23.3 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD. Lot sold: 327,600 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
painted with floral scrolls between bands of lappets encircling the rim and foot, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue, Japanese wood box.
Provenance: The Scheinman Collection.
Christie's New York, 23rd March 1995, lot 110.
Exhibited: Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman... [Lire la suite]21 août 2019
A rare white-glazed stoneware bottle vase, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Lot 530. A rare white-glazed stoneware bottle vase, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 40,000. Price realised USD 37,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008.
The elegant, pear-shaped body tapering to a tall, slender neck rising to a flared mouth, covered overall with a transparent glaze of ivory tone showing the finger grooves of the potting and falling just short of the knife-cut foot rim to reveal the fine white ware.
Exhibited: Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of... [Lire la suite]14 mars 2019
A 'Yaozhou' brown black-glazed lobed ewer, Late Tang dynasty (618-906)
Lot 617. A 'Yaozhou' brown black-glazed lobed ewer, Late Tang dynasty (618-906); 9 1/4in (23.5cm) high. Estimate US$ 4,000 - 6,000 (€ 3,500 - 5,300). Sold for US$ 11,950 (€ 10,529) inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2019
The lobed, ovoid body rising from a neatly cut splayed foot, surmounted by a flaring neck set between a short tapering upright spout and a pinched double strap handle, the thick black glaze thinning at the edges and wiped clean at the base revealing the fine and dense buff stoneware body.
... [Lire la suite]15 septembre 2018
A rare and unusual blackish-brown-glazed jar and cover, Jin dynasty, late 12th-13th century
Lot 1309. A rare and unusual blackish-brown-glazed jar and cover, Jin dynasty, late 12th-13th century; 7 5/8 in. (19.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 6,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The sides of the deep jar are carved in imitation of basketwork below a band of florets applied below the rim, and the cover is similarly carved below the flower head handle. Both are covered with a blackish-brown glaze that thins to russet on the raised areas and is repeated on the... [Lire la suite]15 septembre 2018
A Jizhou painted jar and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century
Lot 1303. A Jizhou painted jar and cover, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 10,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The body is painted on either side with a quadrilobed panel of a leaping stag, the two separated by large leafy flower sprays below a plain band on the narrow, sloping shoulder and classic scroll on the neck, all in brown on a white slip under a clear glaze. The slightly domed cover is centered by a... [Lire la suite]15 septembre 2018
A Yaozhou russet-brown-glazed deep bowl, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Lot 1302. A Yaozhou russet-brown-glazed deep bowl, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The body of deep U-shape is covered inside and out with slightly metallic glaze of russet-brown color that shades to a darker tone below the unglazed rim, the glaze on the exterior falling irregularly over a russet-brown slip that is wiped clean at the edge of the foot, and the glaze on the interior... [Lire la suite]15 septembre 2018
A large carved Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century
Lot 1286. A large carved Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song dynasty, 12th century; 8 7/8 in. (22 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 46,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The slightly rounded, widely flared sides are well carved on the interior with two leafy, flowering peony stems bearing two large blossoms and a third smaller blossom in between, the design ending at the plain area below the rim, and the exterior is freely carved with curved lines suggesting large blossoms. The... [Lire la suite]15 septembre 2018
A brown-striped globular jar, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127)
Lot 1282. A brown-striped globular jar, Northern Song dynasty (AD 960-1127); 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 4,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The high-shouldered, tapering globular body is decorated in brown with five groups of vertical stripes, each group composed of seven stripes, on an ivory-white ground applied over a white slip that ends above the foot and at the edge of the unglazed mouth rim exposing the coarse, buff ware. The interior is covered with a... [Lire la suite]02 septembre 2018
A small carved Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Lot 1293. A small carved Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 4 ¼ in. (10.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
The bowl is carved in the center with a lotus spray below six slightly raised ribs that rise up the rounded sides to the correspondingly notched rim, and is covered inside and out with an olive-green glaze.
Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 19 September 2002.Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection, New York.
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A rare pair of small molded Yaozhou conical bowls, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century
Lot 1292. A rare pair of small molded Yaozhou conical bowls, Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 12th-13th century; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.
Each bowl with widely flared sides is molded on the interior with a phoenix standing at the base of a flowering stem bearing two fanciful leaves that flank a large central flower centered by a plaque inscribed with the family name Gao jia, and is carved on the exterior with a band of upright petals,... [Lire la suite]